This weekend's fare: Killian's Red, Old Scratch Ale and Red Wolf (Sunday's desperate attempt to get some beer- liquor stores are all closed on the Sabbath)

Too much beer for me Fri night at Leightons mega party. Check out the videoslides running on our http://www.spring.com main page.

Dear SOS alert networkers: SOS Alliance is the charity of choice for this year's Texas Brewer's Festival, November 15 & 16. What a way to support clean water! Here are the details: 1997 4th Annual Texas Brewers Festival AUSTIN, TEXAS WHAT: The small brewing industries' flagship event, the Texas Brewers Festival is the first and largest craftbeer festival in Texas, including over fifty different varieties of handcrafted beer from Texas breweries and brewpubs. OK, OK... it's a 300 keg keg party! WHY: To bring more Texans an appreciation of the fine quality craftbeer available and brewed in Texas. The Texas Brewers Festival encourages safe and responsible drinking and promotes an appreciation of brewing as a craft as well as a community. WHERE & WHEN: Austin, Texas 4th and Colorado Street Saturday, November 15th 12:00 PM - 11:00 PM Sunday, November 16th 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM Downtown Austin, TEXAS! WHO: TEXAS MICROBREWERIES Celis - Austin Frio - San Antonio Furstenbrau - San Antonio Hill Country - Austin Live Oak - Austin Main Street - Dallas Old City - Austin Real Ale - Austin Salado Creek - San Antonio Saint Arnold - Houston Spoetzl - Shiner Yellow Rose - San Antonio AUSTIN BREWPUBS Bitter End Bitter End Copper Tank Draught Horse Lovejoy's Waterloo MUSIC: Saturday, November 15th, 1997 12:30 Swing Set 2:20 Reckless Kelly 4:10 Guy Forsyth 6:00 Two Hoots and a Holler 8:00 Pat Green Sunday, November 16th, 1997 1:00 The Fence Cutters 2:50 The Danglers 4:40 The Borrowers 6:30 Hillbilly Cafe HOW: Entrance is FREE. To drink beer, please bring a valid Texas I.D. and buy a festival mug for $3. Beer is available through the sale of $2.50 tickets. People may also prepurchase a $20 Texas Tasting Pass entitling them to 25 samplings from over 50! varieties of beer- (Charge by phone 512-462-1855, or, outside of Austin, 1-800-BREWFEST). Food and Music all weekend long. Designated drivers receive free soft drinks. Safe rides home to those in need. For more info: http://www.ccsi.com/~erc or 512-462-1855. .OOOOOOOOOO. Print this ascii mug out, .OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and get $2 OFF the OOOOOOOO TEXAS OOOOOOOO $20 Texas Tasting Pass! OOOOOOOOO BREWERS OOOOOOOO ooOOOOOOO FESTIVAL OOOOOoOO |OooooOOOO 1997 OooooO|O _______|OOOO.. ...O|O / OOOO| Austin |OO|O / .------+OOOO| 4th & Colorado |OO| / / |OOOO| November 15-16 |OO| | | |.OOOOOo-o-o 1997 o-oOOO.| | | |.....OOOOOOoOOoOOOOOO....| | | |...........OOOo.Oo.......| \ \ |...........OOOo.o........| \ \ |...........OOOo.o........| \ '------+.........o o.......| \________ .......o $2 OFF o......| |.....o TEXAS o.....| |.....o TASTING o.....| |.....o PASS o.....| |.......ooooooooooo.......| /........................... oooo...800-BREWFEST..oooo ooooooooooooooooo END -- ************ Support Brewin' in Texas *************** * * * Texas Brewers Festival * * http://www.ccsi.com/~erc * * erc@ccsi.com * * 512-462-1855 * * * ***************************************** Yee-Hah! ******* Save Our Springs (S.O.S.) Alliance, Inc. P. O. Box 684881 Austin, TX 78768 U.S.A. Voice (512) 477-2320 FAX (512) 477-6410 Electronic info@sosalliance.org http://www.sosalliance.org

I went to that 2 years ago -- what a blast!

Well you can have a virtual blast and drink some vitual beer because I have twh hours of video slides running on our front page at http://www.spring.com Lot of brewpub suds! It was a gorgeous day in Austin and most folks seemed to be in a great mood with their mugs in hand and some pretty decent bands playing. No soundtrack yet, but we're working on a real audio solution to bring you the sounds of these events that we've been videotaping. I had a very peaceful morning, took a long walk, had a great lunch, and capped it off with fish 'n chips, a beer (of course), and a brandy soaked mini-cigar. One of my periodic vice ridden forays into debauchery. Luckenbach beer, Shiner, Celis, the Texas Brewers Fest had 'em all. You can see Mezzaluna in the background. and some of the Austin skyline.

Ever had Iron City beer? Save it for Bad Beer Night!

Ever heard of Iron Chief?

nnope.

It's a tv show or something, causing a big stir. Any, what a digression.

another of our strong points!

Are we back on your hips again?

She's hip.

we could be, WER and of course I am, Paul

What would it take to get there?

Refresh me again... where are you trying to get? Besides in my pants! *giggle*

For one, I don't think that I would fit in your pants... We were talking about being on your hips again, or could be.

My hips aren't THAT big -- for everyone to get on. NOw my inner thighs... there's a good area.

Inner thighs are good.

Tell us all about it Paul!

Everything? Mine or yours?

Whoa! Lookit you, jumping into the fray!

Anyway...here's one in trib to you today, my innuendo wielding birthday girl! *pop* *gulp* *ahhh...* (this used to be a fun topic afore we met and all...*sigh*)

22 oz. of Breckenridge brew at the birthday dinner for me! (someone is in a rather dark mood!)

Nah, not really, just making my own warped observations... Don't recognize Breckenridge, what's it like?

micro brew from Breckenridge Brewery in CO. Amber, full NOT nutty (which seems to be a trend around here)

Don't know if this stacks up, but I had a Rolling Rock in Fells Point last night...(Baltimore neighborhood where "Homicide" is filmed)

rolling rock does NOT stack up! *smile*

Can't blame me for tryin'! (*wink*)

speaking of beer... thanks for the card WER!

You're welcome.

yeah, and where was mine? The coffee beer is out again, it's Red Hook Double Black Stout. That's right, kids, a stout beer brewed with Starbucks coffee... (just typing the words makes my mouth water!)

BIG YUK!

Stout, blah! I'll just have the coffee.

ha-ha!!! Do you get nice . . . eh . . . beer CANS in America. Ones that you could almost FRAME?

yeah, but beer in cans suck... and again, what colors do you need?

Different blues for sky, water and the different shades of blues to be found there. Yellow. Orange. Purple or pink. cans with interesting patterns on them. Funny, always hate bottles, because it sucks up the bubbles.

okay, gonna send you a sample pack of the colors so you can tell me which ones you like the best...then I'll start drinking like mad!

how many do you need, and by when? I'm down for Pepsi (blue) RC (blue) Cherry Coke (cool red and black geometrics) Mountain Dew (green) and a yellow and a purple, just not sure which yet...

Cool!!! Just send'em as you drink'em - I can wait. I've got it planned in a way that I can work in different parts of the picture at a time, and it should all come together in the end - hopefully. But I can improvise if necessary. The Cherry Coke can sounds particularly interesting - be sure to send that one. And the blue ones defenitely - so far I've only been able to find two types of shiny blue - I need shiny and not shiny blues and greens. Now, start DRINKING! Geez, hope I don't turn people into alcoholics with this strange request!!

I visited a man once who built his whole house out of different colored glass bottles. And the house was mostly underground, excpet the ceiling which was like a stained glass window. He polished all the bottoms of the bottles which made up his walls. It only took a few tiny sticks to heat the place in his miniscule fireplace. On the surface was a greenhouse. This was on a trip to a hot springs in Mendocino county.

OH, WOW!!! I wish I could have seen it! I would LOVE to love in a bottle house like that.

If I ever make it back there to those hot springs in Mendocino I'll take a video if the old man will let me. Provided it's still there and he's still alive.

Please do - I'm sure it's really something.

OK, remind me next time I say I'm going to California, which I do a couple of times a year.

I am hanging on to your fingers, waiting for that day, babe!

Did ya hear that, she called me babe. Cool.

I got you . . .

When I used to drink: Pschorr Brau Dark, Heineken Dark, Guiness Extra Stout, Grolsch, Dos Equis, Andeker, Miller Genuine Draft.

Redhook Ale went an extra mile recently. The craft brewery received kosher certification from the Orthodox Union (OU), which oversees thousands of products for certification around the world. Why did Redhook with its nine branded beers seek it? Kosher certification signals to consumers that a product adheres to guidelines of quality, purity and use of natural products, says Nelson Jay, marketing manager of Redhook Brewery. Many non-Jewish consumers know kosher products contain fewer preservatives and additives and adhere to stringent manufacturing standards.

Most of the products from my organic/health food co-op have kosher certification. I've always been puzzled by the kosher toothpaste, lollipops and soy sauce, etc., but I guess it's a purity thang.

yep, those non-kosher pork-n-catfish lollipops would scare me more, I think...

heh-heh!

Hey, Stace!!! Have you had Fat Tire Amber? If so, how would you rate it in the overall beer scheme of things?

I would certainly not feel up to drinking something with a name like that. Reeks of burnt tires and motoroil, right?

not the sample that I tried...

Had a cold, eh?

too cold...

Aaaah a subject on which I have absolutely no expertise. I am a cork sniffer and under the table at that!

It's True, Beer Is Good For You! Hops Used For Beer Is An Anti-Bacterial Agent Learn More About On Your Side CLEVELAND, Posted 1:56 p.m. September 28, 1999 -- It could be the best words a beer drinker has heard since 'open bar.' Is beer good for you? NewsChannel5 reports one scientist says the hops that make up beer are. A Miller Brewing Company scientist has patented the use of acid hops as an anti-bacterial agent. Miller is even negotiating with a number of companies to use the hops as a germ killer. The researcher says it could be used in everything from toothpaste and mouthwash to preservatives in hot dogs. But there's no word if gargling with beer has the same effect. Copyright 1999 by NewsNet5. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Good health! Brewers toast study on beer http://www.themercury.com.au/nie/mathguys/articles/1996/960612a1.htm PEOPLE who drink beer in moderation live longer and are less likely to have heart problems, according to a review of research on the links between alcohol and health. There is a widespread view that moderate consumption of wine, not of beer, is good for the heart. But the authors of the review say they found strong evidence that consumption of any alcoholic beverage was linked to a lower risk of heart disease. The Australian Brewers' Foundation medical research advisory committee has reviewed about 30 published research papers from around the world on the link between alcohol and heart disease. "Beer can be regarded as the drink of moderation be cause it has half the alcohol content of wine," the chairman of the Brewers' Foundation medical research advisory committee, Professor Ross Kalucy, said. "There is now an overwhelming consensus of medical opinion that moderate alcohol intake is protective against heart disease in both men and women." Consumption of no more than four glasses of beer a day for men, and two for women, is considered moderate. Professor Kalucy, professor of psychiatry at Flinders University, said it had been shown that moderate drinkers lived longer than people who did not drink at all. Alcohol is known to boost a substance in the blood, known as higher density lipoprotein which protects blood vessels against clotting and the buildup of plaque on artery walls due to cholesterol. It was for this reason moderate consumption of alcohol was good for cardiac health, he said. Brewers' Foundation chairman Professor Kwong Lee Dow said in a statement that this did not mean, however that abstainers should be encouraged to take up drinking. "Health authorities and educators need to acknowledge the role of alcohol in our society and develop policies that minimise the potential physical, social and emotional harms that result from its use," he said. AAP

Cheery, Beer-y Kidneys Those who have suffered the excruciating pain of kidney stones usually ask themselves what they could have done differently. Pirjo Pietinen and her colleagues in Finland now think they have an answer: Drink beer. As part of an ongoing lung-cancer prevention study, Pietinen�s group collected detailed dietary information from their 27,000 male volunteers. All were smokers between the ages of 50 and 69. Within about 6 years of entering the study, 329 of the participants developed kidney stones. Ordinarily, physicians advise people at high risk of recurring stones to drink plenty of liquids, especially water. Diluting the urine seems to slow the buildup of the stony calcium deposits that cause pain. However, all liquids are not equally beneficial. Studies have indicated that while coffee, tea, and alcohol tend to reduce an individual�s risk of forming kidney stones, grapefruit and apple juices both foster stone production. At least one study also indicated that soft-drink consumption might cultivate stones. In these Finnish men, however, the researchers found no clear protection associated with water consumption. Then again, Pietinen notes, "our measure of total water was not as good as it should be, because the questionnaire we used didn�t ask about water drunk as such." Rather, they calculated water intake based upon its usual contribution to other foods�such as soup or tea. Though asking questions directly about water consumption might seem an essential first step in any study of kidney stones, Pietinen points out that this was actually a re-crunching of numbers collected as part of a lung-cancer study. This also explains why her group restricted participation to individuals who smoked. Unlike other studies, the Finnish scientists found no statistically significant link between alcohol consumption and kidney-stone risk. "What�s interesting in our data," Pietinen told Science News Online, "was that beer seemed to have a specific effect all its own." ....more at http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc99/9_18_99/food.htm

See what kind of friend I am? You needed excuses to visit the Pub? I gave you a bunch of them. Okole maluna!

Well, I did have a half pint of lager down at the bowling alley, didn't improve my score though!!!

-sigh